after import files under thumbnails show EXIF (!) field "Image Title" instead IPTC field "caption". Its wrong! However, after editing PJ field "Caption" results saving in IPTC field "caption" and displaying correctly...

just upgraded to 396, but if I edit the metadata for any image, its blank for all fields! Both EXIF and IPTC are blank. However, opening the images in another application show that the metadata is still there. Any ideas?

This is not my case. I don`t edit any metadata from PJ (Window->Metadata).

Original picture "P9050263.jpg" was resized (for internet) using Breeze Browser 2.9 and imported in PJ base. Then checked for valid EXIF info by Breeze Browser 2.9, Acdsee 7.0.62, Imatch 3.4.030, Pixvue 1.6.0. Then copied into second file "P9050263broken.jpg" which also imported into PJ.

From PJ file "P9050263broken.jpg" was selected and keyboard combination "ctrl-I" then "Ok" pressed. Next step - close PJ and starting validate EXIF info.